Nate Fick was one of the early speakers in the line up for the Democratic National Convention’s final night at Invesco Stadium. He was one of the “American Voices,” a group of Americans selected to tell their stories during last night’s historic event.
Below, the text of Fick’s remarks.
Good afternoon. I’m Nathaniel Fick. My Marine platoon [...]
Nate Fick at DNC 08-”It took seven years of hard experience to get me on this stage.”
Episode 6: Like fucking for virginity
Sorry so late. Satellite went out this week, I had to scramble.
Patrolling with NVGs on, Kocher and his team snatch up a lone armed Iraqi. Aside from interrupting the guy taking a dump, which I don’t think the Geneva Conventions covers anyway, it’s by the book. Then Captain America comes flying over the the side [...]
Ep. 5, A Burning Dog: Dig a hole. Eat. Kill.
First thoughts on A Burning Dog.
Well, first off, it’s safe to say we’ve moved into politics. Encino Man (“Whoo! Whoo!”) doesn’t quite get it but everyone else does. Fick:
“It’s all on that guy’s passport. Two weeks ago he was still a student in Syria. He wasn’t a jihadi until we came to Iraq.”
Last week’s metaphor, [...]
Who the enemy is: Ep 4, Combat Jack Open thread
Alpha and Bravo go their separate ways and the awesome gets spread around a bit wider this week. Even Trombley does something right.
Discuss.
(UPDATED: Corrected the misspelling of Trombley’s name. Regret the error)
Drawing conclusions
I stumbled across a link to this recent Slate piece on GK by Peter Maass. I’m posting about it here not just because it’s so favorable, but because part of it speaks exactly to a chain of thought I’ve been wrestling with as I’ve watched (and read) GK, which is the connection between these characters [...]
Preliminary thoughts/open thread on “Screwby”
I’ll put up a longer post later, but instead of waiting so long this week, I thought I’d just do some thinking aloud about Episode Three, hoping others will jump in with their own thoughts. Lurkers, don’t be quiet.
This was episode was tough going. That feeling after the RCT troops, aided and abetted by Encino [...]
Sir, why did you shoot the car?
The entire battalion, along with hundreds of other troops, is rolling through the wide open desert under a clear sky as Episode Two opens. It’s an impressive display of organized power on the move, a six-lane convoy of all manner of military vehicles moving purposefully onward. The scene recalls a passage from the book:
If you [...]
The bridge
More thoughts on Episode 1, and the story as a whole, to span the distance between what we’ve seen already and Episode 2, The Cradle of Civilization, airing tonight.
Lynette mentions upstairs that GK “is no Wire,” and true that. And on the whole, I think that’s good. Things end, things change. There are lots of [...]
Sit-rep: Oscar Mike
This is not the most elegant of first posts, because I still have this big long thing I keep shuffling around and it will likely not get finished, much less posted, until late tonight.
This is the drive-by placeholder, also an invitation for everyone else to jump in at their own level of confusion or clarity. [...]
A good man, and thorough
TWOP is going to be recapping Generation Kill, which I find surprising — given the mini-series-ness of the production.
Athenae hooked me up with this news a week or so ago. So why has it taken me so long to post it? Is it because some folks have grown kind of “meh, TWOP sux” lately, especially [...]
